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A review of cardiac transplantation
Sofia Fischer1, Kathryn E Glas
1Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, 550 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.
Anesthesiology Clinics
|May 29, 2013
Abstract:
Perioperative anesthetic management for cardiac transplantation is reviewed. Recent developments in adult cardiac transplantation are noted. This review includes demographics and historical results, recipient and donor selection and evaluation, mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation techniques, and patient management immediately postimplantation.
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